After Hours

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Kristi bent over the black telescope, her vertical pupils as wide as they can manage in the dark of the night. It was long after she was supposed to be in bed but insomnia had kept her restless with the need for fresh air. She stood at the edge of the astronomy "classroom", it was more of the rooftop really, with low walls that reach about her waist. At the highest point of the school, one would think that the winter cold would stop a 17 year old from climbing all the stairs to stare at the stars in a simple nightgown, but Kristi was adamant. Her cream nightgown brushed across her knees lightly in the cold wind, her breath coming out in a frosted cloud as shivers ran through her body, but she ignored all of it as she admired the arm of the milky way. The silvery cloud stretched across the sky, incredibly bright due to the new moon and the fact that it had rained earlier melted most of the snow so there wasn't anything reflected back to the sky for miles to wash out the stars.

Kristi hadn't actually meant to be out so late, opposite of her normal behaviour but she just couldn't sleep. She had walked around the castle, wandering where teachers wouldn't patrol and sticking to the shadows. She had wound up at the tallest point of the school, shivering in the cold and trying to forget about life for a little while. So far, it had been successful. Hell, even her cigarette burned slowly in between her index and middle fingers without even a thought of smoking. It was one of those times when life was really getting hard on her. She'd gotten a letter from her mother, saying that her family was losing the cafe. She was getting over one hell of a cold, having refused to go to the infirmary, and the stress from all her mid-term testing was really beginning to wear her down. That, and the fact that the girls Gryffindor dorm smelled way too much of perfumes and love potions.

Kristi shivered violently as she coughed, swallowing hard so that her ears popped. The violent action shook her back to reality. She took a long drag on her cigarette and straightened from the telescope, allowing the nicotine to give her the sweet release from the stress she needed. Her green eyes looked up at the heavens, searching the stars for answers she wouldn't receive.

Kristi blew the smoke out of her lungs and sighed. The longing for sleep began to grip her in a snake like vice as she leaned with her elbows on the edge of the wall, her cat eyes searching the blue and silver landscape before her.

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A small lingering breath of smoke lifted into the air as ashes and the smell of tobacco blew through the cold midnight air. The frosty winter air seemed to carry on as small flakes of ice drifted down from above floating down towards the ground. The wind blew whispering into the ears of many as it glided through windows. Ignoring all of this hovering high in the air by the west tower was a single man, cigarette held loosely in his lips as the ash was carried off by the frozen winds.

The male was average height five foot seven inches with long flowing dark hair reaches his knees. He wore a long sleeved white button collared shirt, with a white and blue Jeonbook over the top. Covering his lower half long white silk Baji style pants with white silk socks and black Hwa shoes. Around his waist a blash sash holding a white wand holster. Strung across his back forming an 'X' are two Miao Dao swords.

Perverted giggles echoed through the wind the cause a small red book held loosely between his fingers positioned close to his face on the front cover a nurse in a revealing outfit pressing up against a young man.

He was high above the air laying back right hand holding his book left behind his head as he lay there relaxed his eyes never leaving the pages of his book. Using his left thumb he turned the page as he indulged himself in the novel a red tint forming on his cheeks, "Ooo Hina you naughty, naughty girl shishishishi oh Tatsu you lucky boy shishishishi" mumbled Choehu as he continued his perverse giggles. He raised his right hand to his cigarette taking a long drag as he lifted it from his lips to blow out a cloud of smoke.

He slowly sat up as the scent of Tobacco filled his noise, the scent completely different to his own. He raised an eyebrow as he looked up towards the source finding smoke trailing from the astronomy classroom. His eyes narrowed as he channelled magic to them enhancing his vision. His eyes picked up a small magical signature shaping the outline of a woman, her height and magical core size would indicate a student. He slowly began to move through the air silently as he made his way towards one of the open windows.

He slowly descended down upon the windowsill . He sat there in a crouched position right hand holding his cigarette and his left his novel. His nose was buried back in the book as he giggled again, from the tips of his eyes he could see who the signature belonged to a young witch making seventeen years of age. with long straight dark auburn hair. His eyes took in her figure she was tall and lanky but with satisfying curves.

"Yare yare what's this a student out of bed' spoke Choehu his eyes fixated on his book, "Then again....rules have always been made to be broken. Of course for such a pretty little thing such as yourself I believe I could turn a blind eye" Choehu looked up from his book flashing one of his lady killer smiles.

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Kristi started when she heard a voice, turning sideways to find the souce; a man who looked to be in his early twenties with long black hair, longer than hers. The man wore almost all white. Something so bleached must be hard to keep clean. There was silver in his hair, but that may have been from the light reflecting off his hair in the night as he held a hentai book infront of his nose. Her green eyes rolled at the sight of the novel, a nurse and a man on the otherwise red cover masked most of the man's face but she could hear his giggles from the other side.

Kristi quirked an eyebrow momentarliy and bent back over the telescope, returning her attention to the cosmos. "It wouldn't do you any good, turning me in. Besides, its not the first time I've been caught, and honestly detention isn't as bad as the professors make it out to be. I've had worse... punishments..."

A smirk flitted across her face. "You wouldn't turn me in, there's nothing in it for you. Is there?"

Kristi's eyes widened as she caught sight of a meteorite burning through the atmosphere. A shooting star. She could almost make out the flames through the lense as it flaired brightly so very far away. She never really noticed how small she was compared to everything until she looked at the stars, they were meaningful... in a way.

She pointed the telescope towards one of the nebuli and lifted from the scope, stepping away from the instrument. She held out a hand. "Care to take a look?"

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Choehu slowly lifted his face up from his book a small sinister smirk forming on his lips, "Shishishi Why I wouldn't mind giving you a 'punishment"" He smiled wide and put his book away pulling out a new one a bright yellow one on the front a young school girl wind blowing around lifting her skirt up flashing the young male teacher, "Wouldn't mind recreating some of the scenes in my favourite novel 'Come Come Teacher'" spoke Choehu lifting both eyebrows in a suggestive manner.

He giggled as he flipped open the took half way where a bookmark in the form of a woman's figure was holding his place. His perverse giggles started up once more as a small trickle of blood fell from his nose. He whipped it away as his eyes scanned the page, "Shishishi teacher and student doing the forbidden shishishi always so.... inspiring" spoke Choehu as he looked up from his book flashing a perverted smile.


As she asked him to look at the telescope he closed his book using his bookmark to mark his page with a loud snap. He took a single step and instead of falling to the ground he hovered over towards her. The air around him as she got closer would feel lighter. He levitated over to the telescope and glanced down with a single eye. His eyes peered on in as he began to view the universe.

For just a moment he stood over the telescope peering through feet just above the floor as he watched stars shimmering. He lifted his head and turned towards her beginning to converse, "Out of curiosity why is such a beautiful flower such as yourself doing up here?" asked Choehu as he flipped his book back open and pulled out a cigarette from his pocket using fire magic to light the end up. He placed the death stick between his lips.

She pointed the telescope towards one of the nebuli and lifted from the scope, stepping away from the instrument. She held out a hand. "Care to take a look?"

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Kristi looked down at the second book, this one yellow with a student and a teacher on it and nearly busted out laughing. Her body shook silently with both laughter and the cold. When it died out, she was left shivering and shifting from bare foot to bare foot on the ice like floors. She Had to clench her jaws tight to keep her teeth from chattering. "You know, I'm kinda amazed they let you onto school grounds seeing as you seem to enjoy things a little too much." She gestured to his novels. "Are you even a teacher here? I've never seen you in a class before."

She watched quietly as he looked through the telescope, observing the area in the sky she had directed the instrument to. Her lips trembled slightly as she took a drag on the cigarette then put it out on the window seal once she hit the filter. "I could ask you the same thing."

Kristi curled her middle finger and pressed the nail against the padding of her thumb, tightening the muscles and lining up her shot. "I couldn't sleep. It's been a.. rough week you could say..." She flicked the cigarette butt into the open air and watched as the small red dot fell until she assumed it hit the wet ground, unable to see the light any longer then brushed the ash off the ledge.

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Choehu merely gave another smile as he leaned back his legs lifting up in mid-air as he hovered as if sitting in an invisibly reclining chair. He placed his hands behind his head and whistled a small tune. He mulled her words over in his mind and glanced in her direction, “Depends of course. Unless a sweet thing like yourself days Yami’s course then of course ye never have seen me. I’m an assistant teacher here hired by Yami the Eastern magic teacher beautiful. Twas a decision to help out after all I did try to kill the guy and some vampire boy I’d been hired to kill now what was his name Jason… Jackson…Jonny….Jasper bah who knows too long ago” spoke the Korean assassin.

He hovered down onto the floor letting his feet touch the cold stone. He let his magic flow through his body manipulating fire nature magic through his being heating himself up and keeping warm. He raised the novel and laughed, “Besides even if they tried to stop me from reading this they’d have to pry it from my cold dead hands. This erotic novels and smoking are my release and relaxation in a way” spoke Choehu as he grabbed a chair and sat on it leaning forward with his right hand under his chin.

He watched her, he had seen her shivering earlier no doubt she was cold. Sighing to himself he removed his Jeonbook and threw it towards her, “here keep yourself warm would be shame for such a pretty little thing to die of the cold. Anyway what’s this about rough week, normally I don’t care about others but for a pretty young lass such as yourself I’m all ears. Tell me what bothers you?”

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Kristi caught the white piece of clothing, she assumed it was some type of jacket. "Thanks..." She slipped it over her shoulders and felt the heat left by him begin to take affect against her icy skin. Her constant shivering slowed to small spurts here and there.

"Well it's not like I can complain." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a lighter and her pack of ciggarettes. She stuck the white end into her mouth. "I'm just as bad, if not worse. Except i dont stick to the novels." She flicked opened the zippo lighter and pressed down on the flint wheel, turning the gears. There was a spark, but no flame.

Kristi tried to light the flame several times before giving up and twirling the cigarrete between her fingers, replacing the lighter back inside her pocket. "You dont want to hear about my problems..."

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Choehu took a long drag from his cigarette and gently removed it from his lips where he blew out a cloud of smoke. The smoke rose up into the air and floated out of the window. He brushed a few stray bangs from his face as she pulled out her lighter. He raised an eyebrow as it failed to light. He sighed and walked over to her grabbing her wrist with his left hand and raised her hand. He raised his right hand index finger beneath the cigarette. He let his magic pulse to his finger tip as a small flame flickered onto his finger tip. The flame touched the cigarette and let the end letting it burn. He released her and took a step back taking a drag from his cigarette again.

Choehu pulled his legs up as he stayed hovering in mid air defying gravity. He slowly crossed his legs and leaned forward right hand under his chin and he eyed the girl casually, "Normally no I wouldn't really care but in this case I'm more then willing to. So come let Choehu lend his ear to you" spoke Choehu as he turned his right ear towards her.

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Kristi leaned forward and inhaled so the ciggarrete would light as he held his flaming finger to the end. The smoke filled her lungs as she leaned forward a little more, the silvery light catching her cat-like eyes oddly to where they flashed then returned to normal as she leaned back. "Thank you."

She took a few puffs of smoke from the white stick before sighing and looking down at the ground, chuckling softly as he leaned toward her. So Choehu was his name. "Its mid-terms mostly... I'm not the best person for schooling.. my attention span isnt long enough to learn much." She clutched the jeonbook tighter around her. "That and.. well I dont really have a dad, so my mom has had to struggle to support me as well as myself. We run a small tea shop together, but with me in school... she can't really keep it up by herself so we're getting kicked out of the building unless she can find a way to pay the bills.."

Kristi took another needed drag on her cigarrette before looking back up at the stars. She had other problems.. like the fact that she really couldn't manage to keep herself from any form of sex. She was at the moment, mainly because she was too troubled to try, but she had the habit of bottling things away. Not knowing how long her distraught state would last, she leaned against the window seal. "Im Kristi by the way.."

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Choehu took a drag of his cigarette as she girl began to speak.

. "Its mid-terms mostly... I'm not the best person for schooling.. my attention span isnt long enough to learn much.""That and.. well I dont really have a dad, so my mom has had to struggle to support me as well as myself. We run a small tea shop together, but with me in school... she can't really keep it up by herself so we're getting kicked out of the building unless she can find a way to pay the bills.."

He could only nod his head at this. Times were no doubt getting harder for everyone and with a war brewing things would only get harder. He raised his right hand to brush a few stray bangs from his face as he began to mull things over in his head about what she had said. For him earning money had always been easy considering most of the contracts he took would allow him to live comfortably for two maybe three years. Then again one of the perks to being a highly qualified hit man was the pay the downside...one had to take the lives of many.

Choehu took a long drag from his cigarette blowing out a small stream of smoke, "I never really had to worry about money problems as a child I grew up in a rather well off home. Even though I never knew my parents I had grandparents to rely on" spoke Choehu as he lifted the cigarette from his lips, "I suppose if you wanted a hand or anything with your school work you could always come and ask me but when it comes to this countries magic and teachings I'm probably just as much in the dark as you"

The Korean laid back a bit and raised his left hand and pushed the remains of his cigarette into the palm of his hand putting it out the wound healing in an instance, "But I suppose for the money I have earned what I've done to earn it has been the negative side" Choehu raised his right hand placing it against his face covering his right eye. His left eye stared directly towards Kristi, "I suppose I should introduce myself properly"

Choehu leaned forward again his left eye hardening, "Choehu Yugche assassin extraordinaire at they services" said Choehu. he lifted his hand away his eye softened gaining a laid back look.

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Kristi sighed and took a long drag on her cigarrette, shifting from foot to foot on the ice like flooring. She turned around and faced Choehu, hopping up onto the large windowsill. Most people would be afraid to sit with there backs to a several hundred foot drop with an open window, but heights were never really something she had to worry about. "Well, everyone has their hardships."

Her feet dangled above the floor, swinging slightly. "Assassin huh? I dont really hate anyone enough for that." She took another drag on the white stick. "So how did you wind up here? Seems kind of an odd place for an assassin to be..." She shrugged. "Sorry, you dont have to tell me."

Kristi leaned back a little too far suddenly, but righted herself by gripping the window seal on either side of her legs. She scooted off the window's edge and settled for leaning against it instead so she didnt risk falling. "Kristi Smith.."

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Choehu shrugged slightly, "I've never let a lot of things get to me so I'm open to a lot part of why I'm an assassin really, but it is true this is a weird place to be for an assassin however I'm not the only one who is out of place but there are many who are that reside here" spoke the Korean taking another drag of his cigarette, "I get paid to do a lot of jobs you see. After my attempt to kill the vampire boy by contract and my own vengeance on Yami he hired me to assist him here. I somewhat consider this a vacation besides' he giggled perversely and went into a nice guy pose flashing a glistening smile with a thumbs up, "It's been a goal of mine since I was young...to be surrounded by hot schoolgirls!"

"But I suppose in all seriousness it's a nice change of scene from all the death, screams, fighting, revenge, greed, envy, hatred, pride, lust and blood. It truly is a nice change, a lot of the kids here are oblivious to the real world and what exists out there" spoke Choehu as he walked over to her and leaned against the wall sliding down it into a seated position his right knee raised and left leg laid out on the ground. His gaze slowly darkened, "Sometimes I fear for what will happen with the next generation, they are ignorant of what awaits them thinking they can change the world. But those who try to change always end up dead by my hands or another's hands this cycle continues as there will always be those who deem change as a threat to their life style"

Choehu took another drag from his cigarette and blew out another stream of smoke titling his head to look at Kristi, "Nice to meet you Kristi"

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Kristi nodded, taking another puff from her cigarrette, blew a smoke ring and even laughed at his pose. The smoke escaped from her nose as she chuckled lightly, giving the slight resemblance to that of a baby dragon. "Are you happy here?" Ah, now that was truly the important question, it was also very personal.

Kristi apologized after a moments thought. "Sorry, you dont have to tell me. But i guess as long as you're happy here then you should stick around right...? Or would you rather go back to you're old occupation? You've... peaked my interest it seems, Choehu." She shot him a wink before standing upright and turning to look back out the window. It was only then that she realized how completly and utterly alone with only the stars to witness these goings on.

Kristi shifted again from foot to foot, restless as usual and feeling somewhat exposed in only her night dress. There was a sort of secrecy that coincided with a womans choice of sleepwear, telling a lot about what type of person she was. Her mind switched to what Choehu had said earlier, about being surrounded by school girls. A smirk traced her lips, her eyes flickered to him echoing her perverse thoughts before returning to the sky. "Now i feel like i should be wearing my uniform, being in a class room with somewhat of a teacher. Well.. assistant. I feel like im out of dress code."

(sorry for the wait, and sorry it sucks. btw how do you pronounce his name?)